A body shape index in a small sample of Saudi adults with type 2 diabetes
Context: Overweight and obesity are assessed clinically using the body mass index (BMI), but the index is criticized as a crude measure of relative fat-muscle composition. The recently introduced a body shape index (ABSI) is an independent and more accurate predictor of mortality than other anthropo...
Main Authors: | Faisal Khalid A. Zakri, Hassan Ali Abd El-Wahid, Mubarack Sani, Mohamed Salih Mahfouz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |
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Online Access: | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=10;spage=3179;epage=3184;aulast=Zakri |
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